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Contest: Apple Pie Grand Champion




Source of Recipe


FDU


Recipe Introduction


1993 Gravenstein Apple Fair - Apple Pie Grand Champion!
NOTE: It's best to chill all crust ingredients, including bowl, fork, flour and shortening.



List of Ingredients




2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup shortening (chilled)
1/4 cup ice water
For filling:
1 cup sugar plus 2 TBSP divided
use
4 tbl flour divided use
2 tsp cinnamon
1 dsh nutmeg
7 lrg Gravenstein apples peeled and cored
cut into medium-thin slices
2 tbl butter
Milk
Extra sugar for top of pie


Recipe



For crust: Sift flour with salt. Using a pastry blender, add half the shortening to the flour mixture and cut in until crumbly. Add remaining shortening, cutting in until mixture looks like small peas. Add 1 tablespoon ice water to flour mixture and mix. Repeat with additional water until all flour is thoroughly moistened. Form into a ball. Divide ball in half. Wrap each half in waxed paper and chill in refrigerator.

When chilled, roll out bottom crust and line pie plate with it.

For filling: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons flour. Spread this mixture on bottom crust to absorb liquid. Combine remaining sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl and mix well. Pour sugar mixture over sliced apples and mix well. Pour apples into pie crust. Dot with small chunks of butter.

Roll out top crust and place on top of apples. Crimp edges and make 5 (1 1/2-inch long) slits on top of pie crust. Brush top crust lightly with milk. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 5 minutes. Then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 1 hour.